Can you believe it's been 17 years since a young, blue-eyed rocker from Chicago burst onto the music scene with the most electrifying debut since Meet the Beatles? I'm speaking of course about the self-titled Capital Records release from Richard Marx. The influence of Marx still reverberates today in the music of everyone from Helen Reddy to Jay-Z.

A wise man once said "Sad songs are nature's onions", and never had anyone gathered 12 onions as sweet as Richard Marx in 1987. I hope you're resting in peace, Richard, wherever you are.

You're not a well person, Lola. You know that, don't you?

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Originally posted by storm_chaser:
Wasn't the Beatles debut "Please please me"?

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Actually it was "Love Me Do", but that came next.

beatles...good but not "electrifying" or worth many of the adjectives attributed to them

Richard Marx is DEAD????

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Originally posted by Yay!:
Richard Marx is DEAD????

Before you get your lighter out and put "Hold on to the Nights" on an endless loop, I believe he's still alive Yay.